A STAR IS BORN

Born Oct. 22, 1942, in Utica, N.Y., Annette Funicello moved to Southern California with her family at age 4. A natural performer, she was discovered by Walt Disney in 1955, when the movie exec, who was in the process of casting his latest kids' TV program, saw her playing the Swan Queen in Swan Lake at the Burbank Starlite Bowl.